(2022-04-18) How Tech Companies Should Be Thinking About Apprenticeships

How tech companies should be thinking about apprenticeships. The rise of tech apprenticeships in the U.S...The Biden administration recently launched an initiative to expand the Registered Apprenticeship Program with the Apprenticeship Building America grant program. The grant will make $113 million in funding available to approved programs and is aimed at diversifying and modernizing the U.S.'s apprenticeship programs.

help diversify the talent pipeline in the tech industry

apprenticeships are not a replacement for boot camps or certificate programs

Since Protocol began covering tech apprenticeships last year, companies like Multiverse have expanded in the market and joined partnerships with some of the largest tech companies in the country. Multiverse, an education platform that matches and trains workers in apprenticeship programs, was co-founded in the U.K. by Euan Blair, son of former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Last year, it made a splash after announcing its first U.S. tech partnership, a pilot apprenticeship program with Verizon.

Multiverse is focused on what the world would look like if tech companies didn’t use the current traditional methods of screening and assessing people

It’s important corporate partners see this as a talent acquisition and retention play, said Blair.

We're often going into companies through CEOs, CIOs, CTOs and board level rather than through HR and talent, because we're trying to ensure the business is ready for this,” Blair said.